Re: The Station WIP

Blocking's looking real nice for sure! Just not sure about the staging, it's a little straight and sorta cramped at the moment, especially for the character on the right. I think moving the camera out just a little might help, but then you might lose some detail in the facial animation, so it's up to you really.

Re: The Station WIP

IvanMendozaMedina wrote:

Paisano! Awesome job so far mate! Subtle action. Great sense of weight. Great timing. I can't find much to be improved. I can picture you already in the top 3. Keep up the good work.

Hey Ivan! Gracias! I'll be having an updated WIP this evening. Thanks a lot!

snuffymcsnuff wrote:

Blocking's looking real nice for sure! Just not sure about the staging, it's a little straight and sorta cramped at the moment, especially for the character on the right. I think moving the camera out just a little might help, but then you might lose some detail in the facial animation, so it's up to you really.

Hey Snuffy, I'm having second thoughts about the camera too, maybe even having a moving one but I don't want the camera to kill the animation lol. A frieng suggested a much closer camera, but it's a bit difficult because George is too tall, Jackal too short and Dennis is well.. a dragon. Lol. I'll see what I can do for sure. Thanks!

Re: The Station WIP

Hello guys, here's a new WIP, please feedback and critique are needed! I need some advice with cameras, I've been animating with the old camera but before I go any further I feel like I need to decide between the old camera, a new camera that I've made or even a new camera suggested by you. I would appreciate it if you could help me choose.

Re: The Station WIP

Re: The Station WIP

I think CamC works a lot better, but you're right about the taps losing impact. I think the more concerning thing though is that the officer's (or superhero's?) face gets obscured by the dragon as he's tapping. I'd try either reworking that action so his torso breaks out of that silhouette (so his head isn't obscured) or if it's doable, rotate the camera back around just a little.

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Re: The Station WIP

Hey guys. Been splining this far and I think this will be my final spline pass before I start polishing. I need to go over shoulders, fingers, contacts, eyes and blinks mostly for this to be polished IMO. I may model something very blocky for the background, or draw it. Don't know yet.